Leiden, Netherlands
Museum Boerhaave
A former plague hospital turned medical museum.
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Leiden, Netherlands
A former plague hospital turned medical museum.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Austin, Texas
Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.
Middletown, Connecticut
A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.
Austin, Texas
A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.
Austin, Texas
This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.
Raymond Island, Australia
Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Mitta Mitta, Australia
The largest collection of medicinal plants in Australia is also home to a witch who will show you how to use them.
Isla Mujeres, Mexico
One man's fulfilled dream of living on an artificial island made of recycled plastic bottles.
Sanca, British Columbia
This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.
Portland, Oregon
Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"
Portland, Oregon
Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.
Zagreb, Croatia
Once a state-of-the-art tuberculosis treatment spa, these ruins are now ruled by paintball players.
Zagreb, Croatia
Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.
Drumheller, Alberta
As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.
Xilin Gol, China
Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.
Xilin Gol, China
The largest dinosaurs in the world, kissing above the highway.
Port Orford, Oregon
A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.
Altadena, California
The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.
Jeju-si, South Korea
South Korea's only sex-themed park.
Jeju-si, South Korea
A theme park made of glass, from the gleaming books on the shelves to the crystal fish in the mirror lake.
Wanaka, New Zealand
A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.
Mount Creighton, New Zealand
A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.